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Preparations are well underway for our Celebration of Quilling Weekend in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, UK, on 16th and 17th September 2017. Read more on our dedicated web page here.
June 2017: Congratulations to Pily Nunez and Ma Xiang Ru who both achieved their Quilling Guild Accreditation this year!
Come along and see us on stand no. 82 at the Craft4Crafters Show at Westpoint Arena, Exeter, UK 16 - 18 February. See our amazing quilled flowers display from our GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ achievement, and have a go at quilling!
22 December 2016: The Quilling Guild is delighted to announce that we have succeeded in our GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ record attempt to display the largest number of quilled flowers on 17 September 2016 ... 6,241 to be precise!! After a long wait, official notification was finally received today. What an AMAZING achievement! The publicity we hope to achieve next year in connection with this will certainly help raise awareness of quilling and spread the word about the wonderful art of paper filigree. Congratulations and thanks are due to all who contributed flowers and especially to Genevieve Godden who skilfully co-ordinated the attempt at every stage. Check out our special page and also this link on the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ website!
20 October 2016: Our Annual Celebration Weekend for 2017 (incorporating the AGM, displays, competitions and 'Quill, Chat and Chill' Day) will be held in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, UK on 16th and 17th September.
Venues: Victoria Hall, West Green Road, RG27 8RQ (Saturday 16th) for AGM/displays/competitions etc and WI Hall, Green Lane, RG27 8DL (Sunday 17th) for 'Quill, Chat and Chill'. Keep an eye on this website for further announcements.
20 October 2016: Our Annual Celebration Weekend for 2017 (incorporating the AGM, displays, competitions and 'Quill, Chat and Chill' Day) will be held in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, UK on 16th and 17th September.
Venues: Victoria Hall, West Green Road, RG27 8RQ (Saturday 16th) for AGM/displays/competitions etc and WI Hall, Green Lane, RG27 8DL (Sunday 17th) for 'Quill, Chat and Chill'. Keep an eye on this website for further announcements.
17 September 2016: The total number of quilled flowers for our GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ record attempt was verified as 6,241 at our Annual Meeting in York by independent witnesses Doreen Strachan and the Sheriff of York, Mr Jonathan Tyler. This figure will now be submitted to GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™, and we await their response.
17 September 2016: The following awards have been presented to members at our Annual General Meeting:
Moira Peter - Services to the Guild Award
Jayne Horner - Services to the Guild Award
Philippa Reid - Fellowship of the Guild and Higher Level Accreditation
Moira Peter - Services to the Guild Award
Jayne Horner - Services to the Guild Award
Philippa Reid - Fellowship of the Guild and Higher Level Accreditation
8 September 2016: The list of demonstrators at our forthcoming Annual Meeting weekend in York has now been confirmed: Jane Jenkins, Philippa Reid, Genevieve Godden, Elizabeth Moad, Janetta van Roekel and Beryl Ormston will all be in action on Saturday 17th September, sharing their quilling secrets. Find out more about this unmissable event here! Open to non-members from 1.00pm onwards, entry fee £1 (accompanied children free).
25 July 2016: Congratulations to Quilling Guild member Anama Lily who has successfully achieved her Accreditation this year!
14 July 2016: We are delighted to announce that the official count for our GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ record attempt to assemble the largest number of quilled flowers in one place will be taking place at our Annual Meeting weekend in York in the presence of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of the City of York and also the Sheriff and his Lady.
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The countdown has begun to our unmissable Annual Meeting weekend in York, UK, 17 - 18 September 2016. Read all about it here.
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17 April 2016:
The Quilling Guild is delighted to announce that we have our first successful Higher Level Accreditation achievement. Philippa Reid has not only passed but passed with Distinction!
Like all those who have entered the HLA, Philippa had to work extremely hard and for many hours but finally persistence, determination and, of course, a huge amount of skill, paid off.
Congratulations, Philippa!
The Quilling Guild is delighted to announce that we have our first successful Higher Level Accreditation achievement. Philippa Reid has not only passed but passed with Distinction!
Like all those who have entered the HLA, Philippa had to work extremely hard and for many hours but finally persistence, determination and, of course, a huge amount of skill, paid off.
Congratulations, Philippa!
Get set for our Annual Meeting Weekend in York on 17th and 18th September 2016 - read all about it here!
February 2016: Come along and see us at the Craft4Crafters Show, Westpoint Arena, Exeter, EX5 1DJ, UK, where we'll be in attendance from 4th - 6th February 2016. It's a great chance to learn more about quilling and the Guild, and to have a go yourself at our popular 'make and take' table! Click here to find out more and book your ticket in advance!
If you can quill already, come along and make a flower for our ongoing world record attempt - we're aiming to assemble the largest collection of quilled flowers in one place, and have already amassed around 1500 ... help us reach our goal of at least 2000 flowers!
If you can quill already, come along and make a flower for our ongoing world record attempt - we're aiming to assemble the largest collection of quilled flowers in one place, and have already amassed around 1500 ... help us reach our goal of at least 2000 flowers!
November 2015: The Quilling Guild has a stand at the upcoming Crafts For Christmas event at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK 12th - 15th November. Check out the Show website at: http://www.ruralcraftsassociation.co.uk/Crafts-for-Christma…. You can save money by pre-ordering tickets via the website. Do come along and quill with us, and find out more about the Guild.
16 October 2015: We are pleased to announce that The Quilling Guild AGM and Display of Work for 2016 will be held at The Folk Hall, New Earswick near York, UK, on Saturday 17th September, followed by a 'Quill, Chat and Chill' Day at the same location on Sunday 18th September. Don't miss it ... make a note in your diary now!!
21 September 2015: See pictures from our Annual Display and AGM weekend in Sherborne on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thequillingguild
18 July 2015: The countdown has begun to our Annual Display and AGM weekend in Sherborne, Dorset, over the weekend of 19th and 20th September 2015. Click here for more details!
22 February 2015: A NEW quilling group is starting up for quillers in the London area ... check out our Diary page for details of its first meeting on 28th February 2015!
18 November 2014: Now available on our members-only blog - the latest, fully updated version of our techniques terminology chart, featuring ALL the quilling techniques officially recognised by The Quilling Guild, including the addition of Pixie-Hood Looping. Alongside it is a link to our ever-expanding library of video tutorials, comprising an invaluable resource for all quillers ... especially those thinking of entering for Accreditation.
Make The Quilling Guild YOUR gateway to the world of Quilling for half the normal price!
For a limited period only, we are offering you the opportunity to join the Guild for a whole year as an Online Member for just £7.50 UK Pounds - that’s only 62p or just over $1 US Dollar per month!! As an Online Member, you can enjoy all the regularly updated quilling news, features and exclusive videos on our members-only blog as well as accessing past, present and future online editions of our highly-acclaimed 32-page colour magazine Quillers Today … plus all the other benefits of membership that you can read about here.
UK quillers can also purchase a year’s Full Membership for just £10 (again, that’s half the usual price!) to get all this PLUS the additional benefit of three printed issues of Quillers Today magazine delivered by post.
Don’t miss out on these very special offers! You can now join securely using a credit/debit card through PayPal via our new internet subscription service at https://membermojo.co.uk/quillingguild, or download an application form from our Membership page.
Questions? Just contact our Membership Secretary at qgmemsec@gmail.com.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Our Annual General meeting and Display of Work for 2015 will be held on 19th and 20th September 2015 at Digby Hall, Sherborne, Dorset, UK.
20th September 2014: At our Annual General Meeting, Janetta Van Roekel and Josie Jenkins were both awarded Fellowships of The Quilling Guild. Our retiring Chairman, Jayne Horner, was awarded a Non-Quilling Fellowship in recognition of her many years of service to the Guild. Additionally, Anne Straker, Janet Craske, Tina Youell and Christine Herring were congratulated on achieving their Accreditations.
For a limited period only, we are offering you the opportunity to join the Guild for a whole year as an Online Member for just £7.50 UK Pounds - that’s only 62p or just over $1 US Dollar per month!! As an Online Member, you can enjoy all the regularly updated quilling news, features and exclusive videos on our members-only blog as well as accessing past, present and future online editions of our highly-acclaimed 32-page colour magazine Quillers Today … plus all the other benefits of membership that you can read about here.
UK quillers can also purchase a year’s Full Membership for just £10 (again, that’s half the usual price!) to get all this PLUS the additional benefit of three printed issues of Quillers Today magazine delivered by post.
Don’t miss out on these very special offers! You can now join securely using a credit/debit card through PayPal via our new internet subscription service at https://membermojo.co.uk/quillingguild, or download an application form from our Membership page.
Questions? Just contact our Membership Secretary at qgmemsec@gmail.com.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Our Annual General meeting and Display of Work for 2015 will be held on 19th and 20th September 2015 at Digby Hall, Sherborne, Dorset, UK.
20th September 2014: At our Annual General Meeting, Janetta Van Roekel and Josie Jenkins were both awarded Fellowships of The Quilling Guild. Our retiring Chairman, Jayne Horner, was awarded a Non-Quilling Fellowship in recognition of her many years of service to the Guild. Additionally, Anne Straker, Janet Craske, Tina Youell and Christine Herring were congratulated on achieving their Accreditations.
3rd July 2014: Starting TODAY on The Quilling Guild members' blog ... a new series in which we follow the progress of a beginner quiller from her very first week, and our members offer helpful advice. If you're new to quilling, you won't want to miss this!
March 2014: The Quilling Guild endorses a NEW quilling technique!
At a meeting held in March 2014, the Committee of The Quilling Guild officially endorsed a previously-unrecognised quilling technique that has recently been identified in antique quilling. The technique, named by the Guild's Vice-Chairman, Jane Jenkins, as 'Pixie-Hood Looping', has been acknowledged as being distinctive in its own right, rather than simply being seen as an adaptation of other recognised quilling methods such as Closed/Open Coils, Wheatears and Alternate Side-Looping.
Pixie-Hood Looping involves looping a paper strip in a single-twisted fashion on its flat side rather than its edge, creating a hood-like shape that lends itself readily to the creation of flower petals, star segments and many other creative applications. A tutorial video has been produced for sharing with members of The Quilling Guild via our members-only blog, and the technique will also be featured in detail in the Summer 2014 edition of the Guild's 32-page colour magazine, Quillers Today. Pixie-Hood Looping will be included as a recognised technique in the next revised edition of The Quilling Guild's official shape chart.
At a meeting held in March 2014, the Committee of The Quilling Guild officially endorsed a previously-unrecognised quilling technique that has recently been identified in antique quilling. The technique, named by the Guild's Vice-Chairman, Jane Jenkins, as 'Pixie-Hood Looping', has been acknowledged as being distinctive in its own right, rather than simply being seen as an adaptation of other recognised quilling methods such as Closed/Open Coils, Wheatears and Alternate Side-Looping.
Pixie-Hood Looping involves looping a paper strip in a single-twisted fashion on its flat side rather than its edge, creating a hood-like shape that lends itself readily to the creation of flower petals, star segments and many other creative applications. A tutorial video has been produced for sharing with members of The Quilling Guild via our members-only blog, and the technique will also be featured in detail in the Summer 2014 edition of the Guild's 32-page colour magazine, Quillers Today. Pixie-Hood Looping will be included as a recognised technique in the next revised edition of The Quilling Guild's official shape chart.
7 January 2014:
A special promotional edition of Quillers Today is now freely available for download, telling you more about The Quilling Guild and giving you an idea of what our members' magazine is like. To obtain your copy, please click here.
11 January 2014: Details of workshops and demonstrations for 2014 have now been published on our Diary page.
27 October 2013: The Quilling Guild's CD of photos from our 30th Anniversary Celebration of Quilling in 2013 is now available for purchase ... and it's the ideal source of inspiration when you're searching for new ideas! Please visit our Publications page for further details.
The Quilling Guild's exclusive members-only blog now carries video! Video footage from demonstrations and masterclasses at our Liverpool 2013 Festival can now be viewed by members who have signed up to view this increasingly popular online resource. Click here for more details.
The Quilling Guild now has its own channel on YouTube where you can view slideshow videos of the exhibits on display at our 30th Anniversary Celebration of Quilling in Liverpool, in August 2013. You can find it via this link.
10 August 2013: a new category of Online Membership has now been introduced, following ratification at the 2013 AGM. Please visit our Membership page for more details.
12 May 2013: The Quilling Guild is pleased to announce that Janet Hunt and Philippa Reid have succeeded in their applications to become Accredited Members of The Quilling Guild in the assessments for 2013. They were awarded their certificates at our 30th Anniversary Celebration of Quilling in Liverpool.
Members of the Quilling Guild can now register to become viewers of Quilling Now!, our new exclusive blog which you can read about here.
Have you had your latest copy of Quillers Today?
Our Editor is Philippa Reid, who is busy preparing the next issue. It will contain news from the regions, articles, designs, colour pictures of quillings and quilling chat and information. Does she Google it? No - quillers tell her about it and she passes it on to you.
There's no secret, really - it's our members who send her the ideas and information. Are they trained in journalism or professional craftspeople? No again. They're people like you or me, sitting at home, having just made a card for a friend and thinking: "That worked quite well. Perhaps other Guild members might like to make one".
They're someone who just visited a museum and there, on a table, was a quilled box. It was worth seeing and telling fellow Guild members about!
They thought they would let Philippa know of a quilling get-together in a village hall somewhere, to which other quillers are invited.
Why not send something to Philippa Reid, at 44 Springfield Avenue, Hartley Wintney, HOOK, Hampshire, RG27 8SF, UK, for inclusion in the magazine? All contributions will be gratefully received and acknowledged. Alternatively, you could email her at this address.
If you're not confident about your writing skills, no problem! Just provide Philippa with the basic facts about your story or idea, and she will draft an article on your behalf.
Please remember that all ideas are worth sending to the Editor. Don't be afraid to send in your work as it will give other members inspiration and ideas, and you will also get to see your name in print! All levels and abilities are appreciated as the magazine is read by beginners as well as those who have several years experience. Please can all Local Contacts, or anyone with a quilling event coming up, send in any new diary dates which would be appreciated for the magazine and website.
Members of the Quilling Guild can now register to become viewers of Quilling Now!, our new exclusive blog which you can read about here.
Have you had your latest copy of Quillers Today?
Our Editor is Philippa Reid, who is busy preparing the next issue. It will contain news from the regions, articles, designs, colour pictures of quillings and quilling chat and information. Does she Google it? No - quillers tell her about it and she passes it on to you.
There's no secret, really - it's our members who send her the ideas and information. Are they trained in journalism or professional craftspeople? No again. They're people like you or me, sitting at home, having just made a card for a friend and thinking: "That worked quite well. Perhaps other Guild members might like to make one".
They're someone who just visited a museum and there, on a table, was a quilled box. It was worth seeing and telling fellow Guild members about!
They thought they would let Philippa know of a quilling get-together in a village hall somewhere, to which other quillers are invited.
Why not send something to Philippa Reid, at 44 Springfield Avenue, Hartley Wintney, HOOK, Hampshire, RG27 8SF, UK, for inclusion in the magazine? All contributions will be gratefully received and acknowledged. Alternatively, you could email her at this address.
If you're not confident about your writing skills, no problem! Just provide Philippa with the basic facts about your story or idea, and she will draft an article on your behalf.
Please remember that all ideas are worth sending to the Editor. Don't be afraid to send in your work as it will give other members inspiration and ideas, and you will also get to see your name in print! All levels and abilities are appreciated as the magazine is read by beginners as well as those who have several years experience. Please can all Local Contacts, or anyone with a quilling event coming up, send in any new diary dates which would be appreciated for the magazine and website.
Photo: quilled dolls by Amna Al-Fardh
